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Ahri vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Ahri

based on 3,961 Ahri vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Ahri resulted from an examination of 3961 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Ahri fights Garen in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Ahri vs Garen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri does a poor job of beating Garen. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.0% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Ahri vs Garen games, Ahri’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Ahri vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassCryptbloomMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
R
12
W
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W
14
E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Garen as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Garen

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Ahri vs Garen Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Garen Image
6
< Kills >
6
5.4
< Deaths >
5
7.4
< Assists >
3.8
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
165
< Minions Killed >
176
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.63
1,487
< Physical Damage >
13,664
14,737
< Magic Damage >
230
5,225
< True Damage >
4,691
21,451
< Damage Dealt >
18,586
20,105
< Damage Taken >
31,861
11,181
< Gold Earned >
12,150
1.88
< Towers >
2.78
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,824
< Total Healing >
3,217
14,329
< Experience >
15,397
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
73
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Garen with Ahri in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Ahri vs. Garen counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen..

Ahri often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Garen. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ahri and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Garen

Who is Better, Ahri or Garen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Garen, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Ahri does have a lower win rate than Garen, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Garen.

Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ahri against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri

Ahri Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune44.6% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrateTaricTaric44.8% winrate

Ahri Wins Against

ZeriZeri54.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai53.4% winrateOriannaOrianna52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 51.7% 5396 GamesFizzFizz+ 52.3% 365 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 52.4% 15033 GamesBraumBraum+ 53.2% 1325 Games

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Ahri, we analyzed 3,961 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Ahri Build Garen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ahri in order to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Ahri versus Garen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Garen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Garen with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Garen as Ahri, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Ahri vs Garen battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Garen as Ahri are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.